The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-02-16
CORRESPONDENCE.



number of children in town have been
having siege of scarlet rash.
The little daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed.
Elligot has been on the sick list.
Frank Bitely, formerly of this place. is
here from the northern part of the state.
We hear that M. H. Smith has purchased
'of John Ihling the lot next north of Juan
McKeyes' store.
Mrs. Il. j. Desenberg left on Saturday for
south Bend, having received word that her
daughter Bertha was ill.
Owing to a washout on the road at Kala-
mazoo, the eastern passenger trains were
quite late on Friday last.
John Mitchell and family, who have been
spending the winter in the state of New
York. returned last Friday.
Henry Ford arrived from Fond du Lac,
Wisconsin, last Thursday, to be present at
the funeral of Judge Lawton.
The other morning, a mail bag was cut
open by getting under the wheels but no
damage was done to its contents
The following named gentlemen are dele
gates from Antwerp to the republican county
convention at Lawrence: @. ID. Lawton, S. N.
Van Fleet, Juan Nc Reyes, G. l.. Eaton,
G.. Il. King, o. Stephens, j. j. Woodman,
j. G. Gould, +. p. Mills.
The late Judge Lawton took great deal
of interest in the Sabbath school at the Nj.
l.. Church, where he had one of the largest
classes in the school. 1t is said of him that
in the last fourteen months, he has been
absent but one Sunday, and then he was
away from home in the state of Illinois.
Miss Fannie Prindle. who has been suffer
ing with consumption, died at her home III
this village last Friday morning, aged twenty
years. Before her death, she had number
of her friends called to her bedside. whom
she wished to see. To these she said she
was not afraid to die, that her sutferings
would soon be over and she would be IN a
better land. She also thanked them for what
they had done for her and appeared TO be
very happy. The funeral took place at the
Nj. K. church on Sunday afternoon, Rev. l..
b. Fish of Paw Paw officiating Six young
ladies acted as pail bearers. Her remains
were inferred by the side of two sisters, who
died but short time ago, at about the same
age and of the same disease.
The following relatives were present at
Judge Lawton's funeral: His widow and
children, his brother G. ID. and family. his
brother-in-law. Mr.. II. Il. Woodwork Of
Oswego Co.. n. Y, his nephew. Hon. G. f..
Wright of Marquette, state geologist etc, his
niece. Mrs. L. White, her husband and
children His father, Nathan Lawton, former
ly large land owner in this county and we'll
known to many of the old residents, resides
in Auburn, n. Y, which has long been his
home. He is eighty-six years of age. There
is also a brother living there but, unfortu-
nately, he had left for the South but few
days previous TO the judges death and,
although every effort was made by the Auburn
friends, his whereabouts could not be found
until too late for him 90 attend the funeral.
Had he been at home, the fAther would have
accompanied him to Lawton. The judge
had one sister and two brothers living. His
body was placed in a cement vault built in
the bottom of the grave. After the iron case
containing the coffin had been lowered into
the vault and the final rites had been OBJ
served. the top of the vault was securely
lowered and overlaid with ten inches of
cement. The body thus rests in hermetic-
ALLY sealed vault, the sides of which will
Ncrystallize into stone, and will thus be pre-
Served until the end of time